Oil burner



sept 2, 1930. R. w. mmmA ET AL 1,174,953

oIL BURNER Filed Aprll 12, 1927 Patentecljlspitv. 72,` 12930 REf-GiNALnWTrTMnsfor LoiviJom'EiiGLANDj-AND -noBE'RTfsHiCKisrLyoii' LA'CFIBAz y y s.SPANISH.HONDURAS;CENTRALMERICA, AssIGiioRs To TITM'Ascoii/irniw, #I Ncs ;;{1

'jjThe k ressenti-al f'object of. the Veriton; is 'to -@radicallyiconeolihefue1-s .p w ing-'the "size yo'ffthev outletfor o b line .Irtfher object of the inventon'isfto avoid ediustmeet provide' a' fuelgburner adapted to cover the range of maximum or minimum temperature a' furnace Whenaburnerof'a predeter- Ifninedfor suitable siz'e is once installed.

f l still `furtherobject I'of the invent'ionisA to .generally 'ini'proye liquid. fuel burners by" simplifying the construction and; l'operation thereof and render them more, durable andl easier to handle', f i also .providew for 'regu-A lation .of the file l 'sprrayed orfatornizel..v

ab the burnergbyy means. located exteriorly` of" vthe furnace in which theburner .is mounted. With these and othery objects andadvertir tages in' -VieW,.-.as Willfhereinafterappear, the invention consists'vinl .the preferredforms of construction and arrangement hereinafter 'modiicationsls -jinay be conternplatedy by the scopeof` appended clai'rn.'A 'f5' Y t A'In'the" accompanyingdrawings I 50 '*Figure l is a 'sidefelevation partially broken se 3eme, 1

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alle@ g .FigureQzis a frontendelevatlon on ariehy 'v the? improved burner, head 1 llybypvl? firmer" he 11d 'thereby procure Pefetcembue ""1'0 tion atjvarying temperatures v'WitlrE consider` 'ableisayingfofffuehfasWell 'as toa- Void the 'necessity ofc'ontinuallylclianging burner tips peiatures Without Withdrayvingthe burn@Y Shapedv outlet 1l',

fonmnwgoiann'eiia Lofuisrnmiye Coiaroim'rion oELouIsIANhJ:

thefeaturesl ofthe inyenti'onlarged scale of complete.

Figure vl von lan .enlarged 'z s'cale. "Fig'ure is AavieW ine'leyatio'n vohjalarge section of'a burner"ernbodyiiigfle" mi@ than rigureifpf-ihe, miv@ for contrai; I'

ling thefuel orifice .jburnergjleld 6 y connected 1 tothe loi'ver portionthereo'f;andiaste'ani; air

for gas line yor 'Ziatta'chedto its upper po 1tionlThe head 5 comprisesan upper reell ceiy'er andalower receiver 1 9, the upper-ree' the rear extremity thereof andy communicat-'- ingffwitli a chairibjerlOfhavingf device vl2 extending vertically therethrough aandhaving an upper ksc reiy threaded `extrein-'j ity tof Whichis appliedalsocketfnuti'l and `n tlieiipper :portionA ofthe" lower i Figure il. I Portions of kthe` stud bolt l2are` convergeat their 'orwardedges, vas at 17, to

` provide opposite clearances or passages relavtively Vto the adjacent portionsuoi2 theualls of vthe chamber lO' forr the outlet yand c'eni .tra-lized direction' of the' Steam, air or gas entering the vchamber l0 and passing through the outlet 11. The chamber l() a short portion of its lengthis of abouttlieisame `diameter as-tlie'boreof the lineor pipe@ and then. gradually@increases inmidtli'tos4 gradually cn'rying' boltjeiiibodyingthe'deflector maybe effective in directinglthe'stearn, air orgas unde'r'p'resi j' ire' 't tl. .o tl'tll.v A le;v l sli W vb described andv claimedfand [subject to such s l m 0' )e u` e s' C u y Q n y Figure 2,-thefoutle t 11 cloes'noteXtendcom-L j pletelyl 'through the opposite ..sidesjof vthe ceiverfA as a Wholeas Well as the receiver V9l y `may bemoditie'd in dimensions in accordance with the particular application of the burner headiandthe desired fuiictionrof the same in various ytypes of furnaces'. The receiver 9 is closely-associatedand held intactwith the receiver'Sl and has mounted in the forward Vextremitythereof ay valve 18 of substantially truncated cone shape rotatably mounted in aicorrespondingly,shaped valve'se'at 19 open# ing 'out through the front extremity of the` receiver V9; and having` ,a bore 2O` extending 1 Alongitudinally through the said latter in coni`Y I municationwith the line orpipe 6. The valve 18 has a rod or vstem 2 1`secured thereto bya lock nut and Asuitable threaded construction,

atf22,jtlierod erstem Q1-continuing rear-l wardly through the line or pipe f6 vand bein Y both rrotatable and longitudinally V` movable within 'the latter. to adj-ust thevalv'e. At ythe central portion of the valve seat 9 is an orifice v23 Vwhicliis mainly located; in advance ofthe Afan shapedoutlet 11 of themember :Sfor

the steam,fair 4or gas, the` upper terniinal'of' (the orifice v23 being close enough to the out-r letll to permitvthe gsteam, air or gasto flow therefover and take up and' atomize or comminutegthe fuel that may-be fed l to the orifice 23 by way ofthe receiver9. The' quantity of A" the 'fuel supplied to the orifice 23 will depend entirely upon the adjustment of the conical valve 18, the saidvalve and rodfcr Vstem 21 beingrotatablein reverse directions to control the exit off'tlie fuel V'supplied tor the member and admitted to the,orice 23, The valve 18 is preferably of tlieform yshoivnrn an enlarged scale byFigure e and has a com- -4 paratively wide lip 24 which graduallytapers to an opposite'j'narrowerlip '2.5 and hasv an interinediately rearwardly' projecting boss or kthe boss or apron 26 will move past the lorifice 23 and thus permit a greater flowfof fuel past the angular space V27 andthrough thel y orifice 23. `v`rlThe. amount ofr fuel' flowing through lthe orifice 23 will depend on the devgree of rotation thevalve '18 tor the left.

of fuelthrough the orifice23`,or,

An adjustment ofthe valvef18 in a reverse direction, orto the right, will reduce the fiow entirely cut-orsuchilow.

The line or pipe `(i is connected to a union 28 yhaving a stuhng box'29 connected to its rear end, the rod through the union i and-also through a graduated dial 30 and or stem '21 continuing and said stuiiing box rearwardly from the latter to a hand wheel 31 which is secured to vthe rearzscrew'threaded extremity 32 of said rod or stem by .lock nuts 33. .Then dial 1 30 has ai'hub 34 secured to the rOdor stemEZlb'y a-keypin 3v5,`a11d in advance tothe orifice 23 Vwi ll Y of the said dial the rod 21 is screw threaded, as at 36, and has an adjusting nut 37 applied thereon betweeny which and a stop nut 38, a

spring 39 surrounds the said rod. The nut 37 constitutes a regulating nut, and between the stop nut 38 and the stuffing box '29 the angular member Ll() of a horizontal pointer lll is secured and'permanently held in place,

the said 'pointer 'having 'a 'rear reduced fex tremity l2 extending over the 'upper ,portion Yof the dial 30'. The dial 30 is :calibrated t0 correspondvto the pressure of the steam, air or gas supplied. through the line or pipe 7, and the valve 1-8 is retained in its valve seat 19 and is he'ld in place in accordance with ,a predetermined adjustment through the linediumof the regulating nut '37 which wi-ll be adjusted forwardly and bacltwardly to ifncrease or decrease the tension of the spring39.

Secured to the lower extremity of 'the union .z

28 is a fuel supplyqpipe 43 extending Yto any suitable source'of supply and'having a fuel coclr ,114., To the upper extremity ofthis :union 28 a branch steam pipe 15 is connected and has a valve 46 of suitable form yz rpplied thereto, said latter connection continuing .upfto the lower extremity of a Tcoupleing To the upper 'extremity of this 'Tj-coupling a steam, airor gas 4supjjgilypipe is secured and provided with :a controlling valve Between the side outlet ofthe T-c'oupling '217 and the line or pipe`7 a union 'connection 75l) is interposed, and steam, air under ,pressure or gas maybe thus regularly supplied to the line or 'pipe 7 andthe chamberflO o'f the 'receiver-8 ofthe burner head 5. Under ordinary operation, 'the valve '46 will be closed, so that steam, air under pressure or gas will be directly supplied through the pipe 48 to the union connection V50 and 'to the line or pipe 7 in vaccordance with the Vr equirenie'nts of the burner -and particularly suitable to the adjustment lof the oriflice QBjthrO'ughthe rnedium of the valve 18. It will vbe yiin'deist'ood that the dial will indicate 'to 'the operator at theexterior ofthe furnace the adjustment required to meet the'practical operation of the burner in accordance with conditions, 'and the pointer 41 cooperating witlisaid dial 'will provide means for the correct 'starting point of the dial. After 'the adjustment `of vr"the spring y35).t'hroiigli the regulating .nut A37 'to provide 'for y'the operation of the Eburne'ri'n accordance with the pressure necessary for eifective operation, the said spring nu't remain in `their preliminary adjusted 'positions, yand the orifice '.23 may I'be Am'odiified at the wilflioflthe operatoiby actuatingthe hand wheel -31 and the Idial '30 isoithat v'thebufrner is continually under control, and 'ltli'e 'fuel will be expended and lutilized in the in-est effective and economical -manner- As heretofore halso iindicated, -the burner is'so constructed that 'whenit is once put into a furnace there should Vben-o .necessity to remove it again for any purpose, especially v vthe burner as shown particularly by'Figu-re n 1,7byvturning back the nut 37, andthusr'eleasin vview of a Cleaning attachment whichV is a very essential part of the installation of each .y burner, and whereby thelatter is made selicleaning and veliminates necessity yof fdi`s movement'and operable from the rearv end of .mantling the burner*forfcleanmg purposes.

fis-shown particularly'by'Figu're l,.the cleanf.

"ing attachment involveslthe valve 46Ywhich is *normally closed and the fuel cocky/4'4"which Y is normally openwhen'theburner is func#y tioning in -its normalV condition. Inlcleaning Y ing the spring 39, the'rod or stem 2l 'isrper-r` mitted to project the valve 18 into the desired n.

ldotted line position from thev burner head,A

" the lfuel cock v44 being previously Aclosed and .the valve 46 opened topermitsteam, air under'y I pressurejor gas to pass through the leader 5 20 seat 29 and the orifice -3, as well as thean'gzguv pipe 6 and vthoroughly clean the bore 205 valve larspace 27 ,between kthe lip 24 andlthepropjecting boss or-apron 26.', During-this cleaning operatlonzthe steam, compressed air or gas 1s also permitted, to pass into and through the recelver 8 and by this means a thorough Y supply and `cleansingsupply, an ato'rnizing` f devicefa conduit connected to saidiatom1zing device, a valve stem'mounted insaid tubular memberio'r rotary and longitudinal said tubular membergnar vreceiving f chamber connected to theoutletr'end of said tubular member and` having anfoutwardly' :flaring conical *outlet bore` andl an outletv orifice" l throughitsjupper Wall, anda frusto-conical valve mounted upon the forward `end or` said stemaandshapedto rotatably and slidably -it in the conical bore ofgsaid receiving cha1nber, saidvalve having a cam, edge andan? Vapronrmovable across the" outlet oriiice of.

said` receiving chamber by rotationofsaid stem Vforcontrolling the quantity vof yfuel deliveredto ,the orifice and being capable of" being completely. unseated-'from said conical bore kby longitudinal movement of said stem.A 't Intest'imony .v rhereofv wef-have hereunto `set t REGINALD wf. TrTfMils.;V l,

"our hands.

; sonner s.invoinsn-ly blowing out or cleaning o'fthelentire burner i head ensues until athorough cleanmgopera- 'tion is Completed,A whereupon the nut y37 and spring 39 areA again reset for operation of the' valve 18 and-the orifice 23 suitablyopened,`v the .valve46 bei-ng closed-land the fuelcocl;

4 4 reopened. The sediment or other ac'cumu# Y Y' lations in the4 burner 'headywhich lhas been*V removedby the steam, air underpressure for gas permitted to blo-w therethrough is depos. ited in the furnace in which the burner is mounted. A 4

(It is obvious V.thatl the general dimensions ymay be `moditiedfso as to project a flame of elongated and comparatively narrow extent ora flame ofshorter andwidereXtent inaccordance withv the dimensions and 4,requirements ofthe furnace infwhich itl is installed.

This change is but a modificationv of the proport-ions and dimensions anddoes not in the least aiiectrthe structure orpractical opera'-y tion of the improved burner.

Y The iiowof fuel through the oriiice' 28. is i readily controllable from the eXteriorvof the l y .furnace inwhichrthe burneris installed. .Thisv isan important feature of the'presentimfV f Without removing or dismantlingthe burner or resorting to any compleXvmanipulat-ion of proved. burner, especially in viewofithe fact `thatthe cleaning of the lines or conveying pipes is accomplished bythe sameia-gentused lfor expellingand atomizing the liquidlluel v the several partsto 'obtain a 4constant or uniform advantageous working condition ofy ,a tubular fuel-directing member operably connected through valve connections to a fuel 

